Giurgiu

County	Giurgiu County
Status	County capital
Mayor	Lucian Iliescu, National Liberal Party, since 2000
Population (2002)	73,586
Geographical coordinates	43°54′03″N, 25°58′26″E
Web site	http://www.primaria-giurgiu.ro/

Giurgiu (Bulgarian: Гюргево (Gyurgevo); Genoese: San Giorgio; Turkish: Yerkoekoe) is the capital city of Giurgiu County, Wallachia, Romania in the region once called Vlaşca. It is situated amid mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube. Three small islands face the city, and a larger one shelters its port, Smarda. The rich corn-lands on North are traversed by a railway to Bucharest, the first line opened in Romania, which was built in 1869 and afterwards extended to Smarda. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (483x660, 279 KB) Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Giurgiu ... Image File history File links Giurgiu_in_Romania. ... Administrative map of Romania. ... Giurgiu is a county (judeÅ£) in the South of Romania, in the South of Wallachia region, with the capital city at Giurgiu (population: 73,260). ... The Partidul NaÅ£ional Liberal (National Liberal Party) is a liberal party in Romania, and the second largest party in parliament, being edged out only by the Social Democratic Party. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genoese (Zeneize or Zena) is a dialect of Italy. ... Giurgiu is a county (judeÅ£) in the South of Romania, in the South of Wallachia region, with the capital city at Giurgiu (population: 73,260). ... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... VlaÅŸca is a region in southern Muntenia, Romania, located between Bucharest and the Danube, which is now part of the county of Giurgiu. ... The Danube bend at Visegrád is a popular destination of tourists The Danube (ancient Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

The Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge, the only one in the shared Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube, crosses the river nearby. The Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge (Bulgarian: Мост на дружбата, Most na druzhbata or more commonly Дунав мост, Dunav most; Romanian: Podul prieteniei) is a steel truss bridge over the Danube River connecting the Bulgarian south bank to the Romanian north bank and the cities of Rousse (Ruse) and Giurgiu respectively. ...

Population

Now it has a population of 69,000. In 1900 its population was 13,977. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ...

History

The area around Giurgiu was densely populated in the time of the Dacians as archeological evidence shows and even the capital of Burebista was in this area (it is thought to be in Popeşti on the Argeş river). During the Roman times this was the site of Theodorapolis, a city built by the Roman emperor Justinian (483-565). Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, named by the ancient Greeks Getae, was a large district of Southeastern Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa, on the east by the Tyras or Nistru, now... Burebista, the greatest king of Dacia, ruled between 70 BC and 44 BC. Dacian Kingdom, during the rule of Burebista, 82 BC He unified the Thracian population from Hercinica (todays Moravia) in the West, to the Bug in the East and from Northern Carpathians to Dionysopolis, choosing his capital... ArgeÅŸ is a river of Southern Romania, which rises from the FăgăraÅŸ Mountains, in the Carpathians and flows into the Danube. ... Events March 13 - Pope Felix III succeeds Pope Simplicius The general Illus and Verina, mother-in-law of Byzantine emperor Zeno I, attempt to overthrow Zeno and place a general named Leontius on the throne. ... Events January 22 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. ...

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The city of Giurgiu was probably established in the 14th century as a port on the Danube by the Genoese merchant adventurers, who established a bank, and a trade in silks and velvets. They called the city, after the patron saint of Genoa, San Giorgio (St George); and hence comes its present name. It was first mentioned in Codex Latinus Parisinus, in 1395 during the reign of Mircea cel Bătrân and was conquered by the Ottomans in 1420 as a way to control the Danube traffic. Image File history File links Giurgiu1848. ... Image File history File links Giurgiu1848. ... Image File history File links Giurgiu1837. ... Image File history File links Giurgiu1837. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... The Danube bend at Visegrád is a popular destination of tourists The Danube (ancient Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Location within Italy Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese (dialect of Ligurian) Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Génova, Galician Xénova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... For alternate uses, see Saint George (disambiguation) Saint George on horseback rides alongside a wounded dragon being led by a princess, late 19th century engraving. ... Events End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family. ... Mircea the Elder Wallachia under Mircea cel Bătrân, c. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Söğüt (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanl... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ...

As a fortified city, Giurgiu figured often in the wars for the conquest of the lower Danube; especially in the struggle of Mihai Viteazul (1593-1601) against the Turks, and in the later Russo-Turkish Wars. It was burned in 1659. In 1829, its fortifications were finally razed, the only defence left being a castle on the island of Slobozia, united to the shore by a bridge. Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) was one of the greatest of Romanias national heroes. ... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... Events February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch troops drive Portuguese from Málaga Battle of Kinsale, Ireland Births... The Russo-Turkish Wars were a series of eleven wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Slobozia is the county town of the Ialomita county, Romania. ...

External links

• Giurgiu Fortress Images, Layouts, and a Reconstruction

	Cities & Towns in Giurgiu County
	County capital: Giurgiu Bolintin-Vale | Mihăileşti | Dealu | Oinacu | Clejani | Hotarele Romanian map with highlighted county Made by me File links The following pages link to this file: Giurgiu County Categories: GFDL images | NowCommons | Romania county maps ... Giurgiu is a county (judeÅ£) in the South of Romania, in the South of Wallachia region, with the capital city at Giurgiu (population: 73,260). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... County Giurgiu County Status Town Mayor Nicolae Sugurel, Social Democratic Party, since 2004 Population (2002) 11,702 Geographical coordinates , Bolintin-Vale is a town in Giurgiu County, southern Romania with a population of 11,246 as of 2002. ... Dealu is a village in Romania on Neajlov River near Călugareni. ... Clejani is a 3000-person town in Giurgiu County, Romania, about 40 km south of Bucharest, in the Vlaşca region (part of Muntenia), on the Danube Plains near the Bulgarian border. ...